SIFE REMAINS STRONG

SIFE competed at the 2007 regional competition in Cleveland this past year and had a strong showing. The team finished 13 projects during the year. Click here to see the annual report.

PROJECT TASK 1: CREATED NEW WEB SITE FOR CHARITIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO

The students created a web site, http://www.ohiocharities.org/. The mission is to create a centralized location on the Internet for individuals and organizations looking to find information about charities and non-profit organizations located in Northeast Ohio. SIFE members learned about E-Commerce Development, Internet Marketing, Public Relations, and Fund Raising. The project gives back to the community by making individuals and groups more aware of the non-profit organizations in Northeast Ohio and how they can volunteer their time and/or make donations to them.

PROJECT TASK 2: DEVELOPED A NEW WEB SITE FOR THE UA CHAPTER

UA’s SIFE Chapter has developed a high-quality website, which provides a foundation for introducing our chapter's operations and accomplishments to the university students, staff, mass media, and global audience. In addition, certain functionalities implemented in this website (namely a private message board system) make it easy for SIFE members to communicate without the somewhat restrictive boundaries of e-mail and weekly meetings. We plan to organize future projects with the aid of our site as a hub for internal communications as well as an interactive billboard which can be included on every e-mail and business card we distribute.

PROJECT TASK 3: MANAGED THE OPERATIONS OF THE 2005 UNIVERSITY-WIDE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

• SIFE was in charge of most of the operations of the 2005 B-Plan Competition.
• Managed 25-30 students from Introduction to Entrepreneurship 201 class and assigned them specific duties the day of the event. Not including the people participating from SIFE!!
• Marketed the competition through a brand new brochure/flyer, word of mouth, Buchtelite, ABJ).
• Raised funds for the B-Plan Competition. Set up our own SIFE booth. Marketed SIFE, talked about entrepreneurship, had a raffle with door prizes for the best business idea around the university to assist the University Park Alliance and the local area in business development.

PROJECT TASK 4: VOLUNTEERED AT THE HAVEN OF REST

The students competed in a regional competition based on these four projects and beat The Ohio State University.

UA’s SIFE program is supported through grants from Smucker’s and Country Pure Foods. For more information on becoming a member of SIFE please contact Dr. Todd Finkle at finklet@uakron.edu or 330-972-8479.